February 2005

A group of 19 students, spouses, and faculty from Grace Seminary, Winona Lake, IN, left today for “the Israel Experience,” a 10-day study trip to the Holy Land. The group is being led by Dr. Jeff Gill, dean of Grace Theological Seminary, and by Dr. Terry Hofecker, adjunct professor at the seminary and pastor of […]

The South Focus Retreat got off to a good start this afternoon as Scott Avey led the pastors and church leaders in worship music. Dan Allan, current moderator of the FGBC, introduced the subject of the leader’s heart with opening comments on “Guard Your Heart…The Wellspring of Life.” The retreat is at Haines City, Florida,

Our from-the-heart-of-Africa reports from Miriam Pacheco and Barb Wooler continue. Here is an edited version of Sunday’s e-mail report from Miriam: The mourning and wailing quieted Friday night in Moale, replaced with a full-fledged community “sala ngia” ~ making joy/gathering for fellowship ~ around the fire with lots of singing. We found out in the

Pastor Randy Smith of the Sebring, FL, Grace Brethren Church stands in front of a property that has been made available to the church to house the first of the “4/12 Commission” student institutes. Located at 109 W. Center Street, right on the town square of downtown Sebring, the former hotel is being renovated to

Groups of workers from the Sebring, FL, Grace Brethren Church are working long hours to hang drywall, complete wiring and plumbing, and generally prepare the Sebring church’s downtown property for the opening of the first Institute class this fall.  

After Barb Wooler’s AkaLand Expedition in January of 2005, Balemagna (right) talked of wanting to return to that region to help start a church where his sister (left) was. Balemagna drowned this week in a controversial incident. Church-planting and pastor-preparation are well underway, even though this week’s activities have had sobering effects. We have been

Donald Hodel is retiring as president of Focus on the Family and will be succeeded by James D. Daly, the organization’s current chief operating officer, it was announced Feb. 25. Hodel, 70, had served as president and chief executive officer of Focus on the Family, the Colorado-based pro-family organization, since April 2003. The move is

Grace College students Kathryn MacMillan and Rebekah Pinkham have been awarded “Honor Her” Scholarships for 2005. These scholarships are provided by Women of Grace USA (formerly WMC), a cooperating organization of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. The scholarships are awarded to Grace College and Seminary women who have hearts for missions and are planning

Readers of FGBC World are seeing the byline of Ashley Woodworth this semester as this Grace College senior serves as editorial intern with the Brethren Missionary Herald Co. Yesterday was Ashley’s birthday, which the BMH and FGBC office staff celebrated with an impromptu party. Ashley, who is from Waterloo, Indiana, is assisting with writing and

Walter Hawkins, Mylon Le Fevre, Evie Tornquist, The Lewis Family, Ronn Huff, Don Light and Lou Hildreth were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame Feb. 22 near Nashville, Tenn. John W. Styll, president of the Gospel Music Association, said each is deserving of the honor “not only for their individual artistic contributions to